It ’s time for the annual wrap - up post where I ’ll share Garden Therapy ’s best of 2017 with a list of the 25 most popular Post of the past year . I also have a few personal highlight to share from the amazing change of location and events I was favourable enough to take part in over the path of the year .
Just a few days before Christmas , I launched a brand - unexampled flavor to Garden Therapy ! We have so many project and gardening articles on the website that I wanted to simplify the design and allow the garden be the lead . I trust that you like it as much as I do ! And , of line , if you have any feedback , please e-mail me .
Not that there was anything wrong with the old site ! Garden Therapy win aGarden Writer ’s Association Silver Medalfor Best Digital Media ( Overall Blog ) in August . It ’s a great laurels to be recognized along with such talented garden communicators .
Even so , I was curious what YOU think of Garden Therapy . I sent out a sight in the drop and get a immense number of responses . I was literally overwhelmed by the number of you who learn time from your daily life-time to post your persuasion and idea . It took me a few weeks to gain my composure and really show through each response and take it all in . I did eventually read it all and used the feedback to set the design and direction of Garden Therapy and our new tagline “ better living through flora . ” You , like me , love life plant and see the value they hold . In the coming twelvemonth , we will not just be writing about plant , but integrating them into our lives in meaningful way . And a HUGE Thank You to everyone who participate . My heart is bursting with gratitude .
Travel and Events
In February I had the chance to be featured once again as a verbaliser at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show in Seattle . While there , I tour their telling great display garden and was introduced to someinnovative small - space horticulture ideasat the Small Space Showcase . I ’ll be there again this year for a few talks onCreative Crafting with Air Plants and Wireas well asContainer Wars . It ’s a great show and I do hope to meet you there this year . Here is myNWFGS docket .
I also attended the Epcot International Flower and Garden Show in the bound in Florida . There , I was introduce to the melodic theme offloating planters(they were everywhere there ! ) and learnedhow to DIY my own .
I touredDisney World ’s character topiary gardens , where I got to see beloved child ’s character like Winnie the Pooh and Buzz Lightyear add up awake with plants ! I also meet theFairy House Ladies of Disney — sis Rhonda Maseman and Vikki Yarborough — who give me the privileged scoop onhow to plan and make impulsive faggot housesmade from found objects and foraged innate elements .
As if all that was n’t enough , in September I went to New York to attendBetter Homes & Gardens ’ Stylemaker Eventfor the first time . I did n’t expect to be a huge fan of New York as unremarkably I ’d rather be in a muted , peaceful setting than a great city , but by the death of the head trip I was in love .
It started withthe hotel I stayed at in Brooklyn , which brought the homey feel of the garden indoors with live walls , houseplants , edible planter , and even a few resident insects to keep me company . The Stylemaker eventitself was wonderful . I learn so much from the workshop and training , and in between those I took part in some more originative activities like digit knitting and bar baking .
I toured theNew York Botanical Garden , which was full of breathtaking Chihuly glass sculptures , exuberant tropic plant life , succulents and cacti of every shape and size conceivable , and naturally planted perennials . My preferent part of the NYBG was theChildren ’s Adventure Garden , which was full of huge grinningpumpkinhead scarecrowsfor fall . There were batch of insect enjoying native plants , and the whole place felt wild , gratuitous , and innate .
While in New York , I walkedthe High Line , a 1.45 knot urban fleeceable space in Manhattan along what used to be a railway line . It was full of native plant and buzzing insects all living happily alongside urban commuters and multitude having their good afternoon coffee berry . The High Line was an inspiring object lesson of how nature and the city can coexist beautifully .
Back home in Vancouver , I got to collaborate with awful local chef Andrea Carlson to put on agarden - to - table eventfor local foodies . I supplied Andrea with my own garden green groceries and she transformed it into gourmet fare like a radicchio and nectarine tree salad with garlic yogurt and grapefruit vinaigrette and peach cocktails with Bourbon dynasty , honey , and fresh sage . The food was AMAZING and I get to meet ( and re - play ) many interesting mass whose careers orb around unripened living and eating unused , organic food .
Top 25 Posts:
25.Cleaning Bombs Make Household Chores Easy
24.Smart Watering Plant Sitters : How to Not Kill Your Garden When You Go on Vacation
23.A Fabulous Fall Bleached Pinecone Wreath
22.Keep Your Fall Flowers Blooming All Season with this Essential Care Guide for Hardy Mums
21.Hello , Marimo
20.Whimsical scrounge Fairy Houses You Would believe Were Actually Made by Fairies
19.Modern Petunia Varieties : No Longer Just the Pinkest Pink Flower
18.Exquisite Botanical Soap that Cleanly carry on the Garden
17.Beating the heating : Protect Your Plants from Heat Stress
16.How to Propagate Herbs
15.Homemade After - Sun Salve Recipe
14.How to Make a Butterfly Feeder
13.The secret to a Successful Container Garden
12.Converting Lawn into a Vegetable Garden with Raised Garden bed
11.The Dirt on Edible Flowers ( and the Top Ten You Must essay ! )
10.Growing Strawberries in Containers
9.Fairy Light Project : DIY Solar Light Chandelier
8.Leaf Imprint Stepping Stones
7.16 Recipes to Use and Preserve Fresh Basil
6.Good Clean Fun : Melt and Pour Soap Supplies and Resource Guide
5.Keep blossom Beautiful with a DIY Orchid Humidity Tray
4.Set a Place in the Garden for a Succulent Chair Planter
3.How to Get Your Christmas Cactus to Bloom !
2.A Beautiful mode to Catch Runoff : How to work up a Dry Stream
and the # 1 most democratic post of 2017 …
Honorable Mention : We did an update of the popularRosemary Pressed Herb Candlesthis year and it has risen to the very top of our inclination ! I have made a gross ton of these now and they make lovely gifts ( and came in pretty handy during a world power outage ) .
Thank you for being a part of 2017 , we hope that you will join us as we jeopardize down a new itinerary and all the excitement that 2018 play !
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